Pipe Raymond Vaneless Windmill -- Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock TX - Windmills on Waymarking.com

It sounds like the Pipe Raymond Vaneless Windmill, though elegant, was not the most favored windmill on the plains since it needed frequent repairs.

An interpretive sign nearby reads as follows:

"BLANKENSHIP COWCHIP HOUSE
1907

This structure stored dried cow manure, called cowchips. It was the job of children and ranch families to collect the material and store it where it would stay dry. On the barren plains, the material was burned for heat and cooking where wood was not a resource. Although an easily obtained and abundant fuel source, cow chips left much ash when burned.

PIPE RAYMOND VANELESS WINDMILL
C. 1918

One of the most frequently seen vaneless mills on the Great Plains, this windmill was moved to the NRHC from Ulysses, Kansas. The blades of this mill face away from the wind and fold back as when speed increases. The complexity of the machine required frequent repair and parts replacement."

Date of Manufacture: 01/01/1918 Purpose: Water Pumping Open to the public: yes Is This Windmill Functional?: Yes! Windmill Farm: no Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Museum on Site: yes

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